Automobile fender



B. NELSON AUTOMOBILE FENDER File'anec. 5. 1924 June 16, 1925.

Patented 16, 1925,

UNITED --s'r. .T!s:s

PATENTZIOFFITCEL BERNARD .NELSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A

auronomm rnnnna Application filed December 3,-1924. Serial No. 753,635.

damage only amounts to more or lesskslight mutilation of the fender, as by mere indenting or bending thereof at one. or more points, it maybe repaired by straightening; ,whereas, when the damage 1s more serious, even when inflicted upon only a relatively small part of the fender, and cannot be repaired in the manner thus suggested, either at all ,or without showing objectionable marring or disfigurement, the condition requires an entirely new fender to lgaplace the one thus destroyed or dama e To overcome this requirement and, besides, render the fender less liable to injury, I construct it of a-plurality of separable .or releasably-joined sections.

A preferred form of my improvement for accomplishing the aforesaid puiposes is illustrated in the accompanying raw ing in whichigure 1 is a broken perspective view showmg,su1tably connected with an autofender,

mobile running-board, front and rear fenders of my improved sectional construction; tion;

Figure 2 is a similar view of means, shown as adapted only for the front fender, but used for reinforcing" the ed of the sheet-metal of both fenders, 'an showing a brace-bar and bracket for securing, as usual, to the chassis of an automobile;

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 1

Figure i is a broken sectional view showing, as applied to the forward end of the runnin -board, a preferred construction of' union or goining adjacentv sections of each Figure 5 is a similar y-view bowing a preferred'construction of union or ]01D1l1g to the rear edge of therunning-boand the adjacent section of the rear fender.

The front fender A and; preferably also therear fender B are each formed ofsec tions 6 of suitable shapepr curvature, sepaa tool by rably joined together in series, the inner end section of each being similarly joined, respectively, to the opposite ends of the running-board As preferred means forreinforcing the sheet-metal of which the fenders are usually formed, I'secure, as by brazing, in the opposite downwardly-bentlateral edge portions of each section 6 and of the runningboard, reinforcing7 members, each being a section of piping which may be ordinary gas-pipe, of suitable diameter, extending somewhat short of the ends of the member reinforced thereby; and adjacent ends of these pipe-sections are internally threaded, 23s represented. b

The means illustrated in Fig. 4 for separably uniting successive sections 6 and the inner-end of thefront fender A to the running-board, comprise a union 8 provided with right and left threads respectively on its opposite ends and with an mtermediate head 9, that represented being of the kind containing a plurality of holes 10 at suitable intervals aboutits periphery, to receive ing it into and out of the joined pipe-ends; The means shown in Fig. 5 for joining the section 6,,"formingthe inner end of the rear vide an unbroken surface to the structure.

A brace-bar 12 isshown, in Figs. 2 and 3, extendingbetween reinforcing plpe-sections \withits u'pturnedends fitting against them, andflwhich are secured thereto asby brazin orotherwise. Such 'bar may be provide for'any desiredgnumlier of the sections 6; and each, contains a central longitudinal slot 13, at which a bracket 14 is connected which to turn the union for screwfender, to the pipe-sections 7 extending, as

by 'a bolt, 15 for adjustably fastening the fender to an automobile-chassis (not shown) aged fen er, when the injur is not beyond My im roved construction enables a dam desirable repair, to be save from discard-i ing for entire replacement, by removing the impaired section or sections 6, and replacing each wlth a new one.

1180688211'), the rear fender, or the innermost section thereof, and enable it to be withdrawn.

The jointed construction of the fender tends, furthermore, to render it somewhat yielding transversely and therefore less susceptible to mutilation under collision.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of construction herein shown and described, and I do not intend, by'illustrating or describing a single spe-. cific or preferred embodiment of my 1nvention, to be limited thereto, it being my intention by the appended claims to claim protection for all the novelty there may be in my invention as fully as the state of the art will permit.

I claim:

1. An automobile fender comprising a plurality of assembled successive sections, each section having its lateral edges reinforced by open-ended members at which successive sections are separably joined together. 1

2. An automobile fender comprising a plurality of successive sheet-metal sections having down-turned lateral edges, reinforcing members extengin along said edges short of the sheeteta and unions separably connecting successive members.

3. An automobile fender" comprising a. plurality of assembled successive sheet metal sections having down-turned lateral edges, reinforcing members extendin along said edges short of the "sheet-meta unions releasably connecting successive members, a

: brace-bar connecting a pair of said members transversely thereof, and a chassisfittaching bracket extending from the bracear. J

4. An automobile fender comprising. a

. plurality of separable sheet-metal sections,

by unscrewing the proper 1,54a4ee pipe-sections secured to and extending along the lateral ed es of the sheet-metal sections,

unions releasa 1y connecting successive pipetions, reinforcing members extending along the lateral edge-portions of the runningboard, unions releasably connectin the successive sections at the opposing en s of their reinforcing members, and unions similarly connecting said members on the innermost section endwise with said members on the running-board.

6. In combination with an automobile running-board, a fender comprising aplurality of sheet-metal sections having threaded pipe-sections secured to and extending along their lateral edge-portions, similar pipe-sections secured to and extending along the lateral. edge-portions of the runningboard, and unions screwing into opposing ends of successive pipe-sections and provided with heads by which to operate them.

7. In combination with an automobile running-board, a rear fender comprising a plurality of sheet-metal sections, each section having its lateral edges reinforced by members at which successive sections are releasably joined together, open-ended reinforcing members extending along the lateral edges of the running-board, and angw,

lar-unions coupling the innermost section of said fender to the running-board, said unions screwing at one end into the rein-' forcing members on the running-board and entering at their opposite ends the reinforcing members on said innermost section.

8. An automobile fender constructed of a plurality of assembled releasably and inflexibly joined successive sections, having rigid oining means carried by and 'shielde within the edge portions of the sections, and means for fastening the fender to a automobile chassis.

BERNARD NELSON. 

